Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Information (In thousands) Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 0 24 20 4 27 23 4 December 3 29 23 6 23 20 3 1993 March -1 26 21 5 29 23 6 June 1 30 25 5 23 19 4 September 1 27 22 5 27 23 4 December 2 30 24 6 24 20 4 1994 March -2 27 22 5 31 24 7 June 2 32 26 6 24 20 4 September 1 28 23 5 28 24 4 December 2 32 26 6 26 22 4 1995 March -1 30 24 6 31 24 7 June 2 34 28 6 25 21 4 September 0 28 23 5 31 26 5 December 2 33 26 7 28 23 5 1996 March -1 32 25 7 34 26 8 June 2 35 28 7 27 22 5 September 1 31 25 6 30 25 5 December 3 37 29 8 27 22 5 1997 March -1 33 26 7 34 26 8 June 2 37 30 7 27 22 5 September 0 32 26 6 33 27 6 December 4 38 29 9 28 23 5 1998 March -1 34 26 8 35 26 9 June 1 37 30 7 29 23 6 September 0 32 26 6 33 27 6 December 4 39 30 9 28 23 5 1999 March -1 35 27 8 37 28 9 June 2 40 32 8 29 23 6 September 1 36 28 8 35 28 7 December 4 42 32 10 30 24 6 2000 March 0 40 30 10 39 29 10 June 3 45 35 10 32 25 7 September 1 39 30 9 38 30 8 December 3 43 33 10 35 28 7 2001 March -3 39 29 10 45 32 13 June 0 38 29 9 39 30 9 September -2 31 23 8 44 34 10 December 2 36 26 10 38 30 8 2002 March -4 32 24 8 45 33 12 June -1 33 26 7 38 30 8 September -2 29 23 6 41 33 8 December 2 34 26 8 33 27 6 2003 March -3 30 23 7 42 32 10 June -1 32 26 6 34 27 7 September -1 29 23 6 36 29 7 December 2 35 27 8 31 25 6 2004 March -3 31 24 7 40 30 10 June 0 33 27 6 32 26 6 September -1 30 24 6 36 29 7 December 3 36 28 8 29 24 5 2005 March -3 31 24 7 38 28 10 June 1 35 28 7 30 24 6 September 0 30 24 6 34 28 6 December 3 36 28 8 30 25 5 2006 March -3 32 25 7 38 28 10 June 1 36 29 7 31 25 6 September 0 31 25 6 35 29 6 December 3 37 28 9 30 24 6 2007 March -3 32 25 7 38 28 10 June 0 35 29 6 30 24 6 September 0 31 25 6 35 29 6 December 4 36 27 9 30 25 5 2008 March -3 31 24 7 38 28 10 June 1 34 27 7 32 26 6 September 0 28 22 6 36 30 6 December 3 33 24 9 33 27 6 2009 March -4 26 19 7 43 32 11 June 0 27 21 6 33 27 6 September -2 24 19 5 36 29 7 December 3 31 23 8 29 24 5 2010 March -4 26 20 6 38 28 10 June 0 30 24 6 29 23 6 September 0 26 20 6 33 27 6 December 4 33 24 9 27 22 5 2011 March -4 28 22 6 36 26 10 June 0 31 25 6 28 22 6 September 0 28 22 6 31 25 6 December 3 32 23 9 29 23 6 2012 March -3 29 22 7 35 25 10 June 0 31 25 6 28 22 6 September -1 28 22 6 33 26 7 December 4 33 24 9 27 22 5 2013 March -4 28 22 6 36 26 10 June 1 32 25 7 28 22 6 September 0 28 22 6 32 26 6 December 4 34 25 9 27 22 5 2014 March -3 29 22 7 36 26 10 June 1 33 26 7 28 22 6 September 0 28 22 6 32 26 6 December 3 34 25 9 28 22 6 2015 March -5 29 22 7 38 26 12 June 1 33 26 7 28 22 6 September 0 29 22 7 33 26 7 December 4 35 25 10 28 22 6 2016 March -4 29 22 7 37 26 11 June 0 33 26 7 29 22 7 September 0 29 22 7 34 27 7 December 4 34 24 10 29 23 6 2017 March -3 31 23 8 38 27 11 June 1 34 26 8 31 24 7 September 1 30 22 8 35 28 7 December 3 35 25 10 30 23 7 2018 March -4 32 23 9 40 27 13 June 1 35 26 9 32 24 8 September 1 31 22 9 37 29 8 December 5 38 25 13 32 24 8 2019 March -3 35 24 11 41 27 14 June 1 37 27 10 34 25 9 September 1 33 23 10 38 29 9 December 6 41 27 14 33 25 8 2020 March -6 34 24 10 45 29 16 June -1 30 19 11 45 33 12 September 3 38 24 14 38 27 11 December 9 45 27 18 33 24 9 2021 March 2 45 28 17 41 26 15 June 7 51 33 18 36 25 11 September 4 50 33 17 41 28 13 December 12 60 37 23 37 26 11 2022 March 0 54 35 19 49 30 19 June 6 58 39 19 41 28 13 September 3 51 34 17 47 33 14 December 6 51 32 19 44 31 13 2023 March -6 43 29 14 55 35 20 June 2 47 32 15 44 31 13 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.